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91_SB1415
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1 AN ACT to amend the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
2 District Act by changing Section 4.32.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
6 Act is amended by changing Section 4.32 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 2605/4.32) (from Ch. 42, par. 323.32)
8 Sec. 4.32. Persons who were engaged in the military or
9 naval service of the United States during the years 1898,
10 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, or
11 1919, any time between September 16, 1940 and July 25, 1947,
12 or any time during the national emergency between June 25,
13 1950 and January 31, 1955, and who were honorably discharged
14 therefrom, and all persons who were engaged in such military
15 or naval service during any of said years, any time between
16 September 16, 1940 and July 25, 1947, or any time during the
17 national emergency between June 25, 1950 and January 31,
18 1955, or any time from August 5, 1964 until the date
19 determined by the Congress of the United States as the end of
20 Viet Nam hostilities, or at any time between August 6, 1990
21 and the date the Persian Gulf Conflict ends as prescribed by
22 Presidential proclamation or order, who are now or may
23 hereafter be on inactive or reserve duty in such military or
24 naval service, not including, however, persons who were
25 convicted by court-martial of disobedience of orders, where
26 such disobedience consisted in the refusal to perform
27 military service on the ground of alleged religious or
28 conscientious objections against war, shall be preferred for
29 appointments to offices, positions and places of employment
30 in the classified service of the District, provided they are
31 found to possess the business capacity necessary for the
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1 proper discharge of the duties of such office, position, or
2 place of employment as determined by examination for original
3 entrance. The Director of Personnel on certifying from any
4 existing register of eligibles resulting from the holding of
5 an examination for original entrance or any register of
6 eligibles that may be hereafter created of persons who have
7 taken and successfully passed the examinations provided for
8 in this Act for original entrance commenced prior to
9 September 1, 1949, shall place the name or names of such
10 persons at the head of any existing eligible register or list
11 of eligibles that shall be created under the provisions of
12 this Act to be certified for appointment. The Director of
13 Personnel shall give preference for original appointment to
14 persons as hereinabove designated whose names appear on any
15 register of eligibles resulting from an examination for
16 original entrance held under the provisions of this Act and
17 commenced on or after September 1, 1949 by adding to the
18 final grade average which they received or will receive as
19 the result of any examination held for original entrance,
20 five points. The numerical result thus attained shall be
21 applied by the Director of Personnel in determining the
22 position of such persons on any eligible list which has been
23 created as the result of any examination for original
24 entrance commenced on or after September 1, 1949 for purposes
25 of preference in certification and appointment from such
26 eligible list.
27 Every certified Civil Service employee who was called to,
28 or who volunteered for, the military or naval service of the
29 United States at any time during the years specified in this
30 Act, or at any time between September 16, 1940 and July 25,
31 1947 or any time during the national emergency between June
32 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955, or any time from August 5,
33 1964 until the date determined by Congress of the United
34 States as the end of Viet Nam hostilities, or at any time
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1 between August 6, 1990 and the date the Persian Gulf conflict
2 ends as prescribed by Presidential proclamation or order, and
3 who were honorably discharged therefrom or who are now or who
4 may hereafter be on inactive or reserve duty in such military
5 or naval service, not including, however, persons who were
6 convicted by court martial of disobedience of orders where
7 such disobedience consisted in the refusal to perform
8 military service on the ground of alleged religious or
9 conscientious objections against war, and whose names appear
10 on existing promotional eligible registers or any promotional
11 eligible register that may hereafter be created, as provided
12 for by this Act, shall be preferred for promotional
13 appointment to civil offices, positions and places of
14 employment in the classified civil service of the District
15 coming under the provisions of this Act.
16 The Director of Personnel shall give preference for
17 promotional appointment to persons as hereinabove designated
18 whose names appear on existing promotional eligible registers
19 or promotional eligible registers that may hereafter be
20 created by adding to the final grade average which they
21 received or will receive as the result of any promotional
22 examination commencing prior to September 1, 1949
23 three-fourths of one point for each 6 months or fraction
24 thereof of military or naval service not exceeding 48
25 months;, and by adding to the final grade average which they
26 will receive as the result of any promotional examination
27 held commencing on or after September 1, 1949 and before
28 January 1, 2001 seven-tenths of one point for each 6 months
29 or fraction thereof of military or naval service not
30 exceeding 30 months; and by adding 5 points to the final
31 grade average that they will receive as the result of any
32 promotional examination held on or after January 1, 2001. The
33 numerical result thus attained shall be applied by the
34 Director of Personnel in determining the position of such
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1 persons on any eligible list which has been created or will
2 be created as the result of any promotional examination held
3 hereunder for purposes of preference in certification and
4 appointment from such eligible list.
5 No person shall receive the preference for a promotional
6 appointment granted by this Section after he has received one
7 promotion from an eligible list on which he was allowed such
8 preference and which was prepared as a result of an
9 examination held on or after September 1, 1949.
10 No person entitled to preference or credit for military
11 or naval service hereunder shall be required to furnish
12 evidence or record of honorable discharge from the armed
13 forces before any examination held under the provisions of
14 this Act but such preference shall be given after the posting
15 or publication of the eligible list or register and before
16 any certification or appointments are made from the eligible
17 register.
18 (Source: P.A. 86-324; 87-945.)
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
20 January 1, 2001.